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Nikolai Prusakov – Man of Fire, 1929

Lev Kuleshov – Dura Lex 1926

Sergei Einstein- Strike 1925

What did you like about the film? I thought it was very funny.	What didn’t you like? It thought it should’ve been longer.
What ideas could you use? Narrative or style? I liked the idea of the narrative as Pasternak getting revenge on all who wronged him.	What ideas won’t you use? Why? Having the plane crash was unrealistic.

In-Depth Study – Film elements

Film element	Example
Cinematography	Example 1: The ELS and interior shots of the airport where helpful to establish location for the film.   Example 2: The mounted camera shot of the wing of the plane tilting downwards as the characters realize he’s going to crash the plane is a good use of cinematography.
Editing	Example 1: Between scenes, the editing from the panicked passengers to the calm old people in the garden was good comedic timing.   Example 2: The fast-paced edits between characters during the panic of realization helps create the effect of frantic worrying.
Sound	Example 1: The diegetic sound of the suitcase at the beginning creates an immersive experience to the airport.   Example 2: With a gradual realization that everyone on the plane knows Gabriel Pasternak, a silent dramatic score is used to establish tension in the scene.

the fine art movement was a style of art that rejected stylish decorative art and used simple shapes and materials instead. this art was a type of propaganda for soviet socialism.

After WW1, the economy was led into crises, and there was a massive human toll, and this then led to the monarchy being overthrown February 1917.

roughly 90% of film stock came from over seas, so after the war, disrupted this trade, and Russia lost a lot of their film stock.

After the downfall of the monarchy, the government became a very regulatory, and nothing negative was allowed to be said, politics almost became the new religion as all other religions were ban

These art pieces were designed to be abstract and geometric instead of using real people. This allowed people to see art without the emotional attraction we would have to people, but rather just a 2D image that gets the message across.

“If the depiction of the world does aid cognition, then only at the very earliest stages of human development, after which it already becomes either a direct hindrance to the growth of art or a class-based interpretation of it”

– Nikolay Punin, Fine arts Department, 1919.

The Soviet Fine Art Movement, that stemmed out from the soviet revolution in 1917 all the way until the soviet unions collapse in 1991 was a visual art style of ‘socialist Realism’. Taking away from traditional art and western influence, this movement explored the abstract use of shape, colour and composition to depict the “social reality” of the working class, labourers and soldiers, Used occasionally as propaganda.

Some artists from this movement include Antoine Pevsner, Kazimir Malevich, El Lissitzky, Naum Gabo and Wassily Kandinsky.

examples include:

Its influence found its way into other areas such as Architecture, with the aesthetic of Brutalism emerging from it in the early 80s. Consisting of concrete bold buildings, with straight lines and modernist appearance, they played a factor economically as well due to poor improvements made by the government for workers housing.

Describe some of the stylistic conventions associated with the expressionist art movement. Post some additional examples of Constructivist art.

In expressionist art, colour in particular can be highly intense and non-naturalistic, brushwork is typically free and paint application tends to be generous and highly textured. Other forms that distinguish Expressionism (an international movement in art, architecture, literature, and performance that flourished between 1905 and 1920, especially in Germany and Austria) were extreme angles, flattened forms, garish colours, and distorted views. Expressionist art tends to be emotional and sometimes mystical.

‘The Scream’ – Edvard Munch – 1893

‘The Blue Rider’ – Wassily Kandinsky – 1903

‘Blue Horses’ – Franz Marc – 1911